1937 NCAA MEN Berkeley, June 18–19—173 contestants from 50 schools (attendance 7000/15,000) TEAM SCORING 1. USC...... 62 2. Stanford...... 50 3. Ohio State...... 28 4. Washington State...... 24 5. Indiana...... 22 6. Columbia 21; 7. Pittsburg State 17; 8. Michigan 16; 9. Notre Dame 15; 10. Wisconsin 12; 11. Georgia 11; 10. tie, Boston U, Cal, Drake, Emporia State, Nebraska, Pitt, San José State & UCLA 10; 18. tie, Colorado, Oregon & Wayne State 8; 21. Michigan State 7; 22. tie, Idaho, Kansas State & Temple 6; 25. tie, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Minnesota & Purdue 4; 29. Kentucky 3; 30. tie, Illinois & Rice 2; 32. tie, Marquette & Texas 1½; 34. Duke 1. 100 YARDS 1. (Michigan)...... Sr...... 9.7 2. Ben Johnson (Columbia)...... Jr...... 9.8 3. Donald Dunn (Pittsburg State)...... Jr...... 9.8 4. George Boone (USC)...... Sr...... 9.9 5. Bob Grieve (Illinois)...... Sr...... 9.9 6. Bob Packard (Georgia)...... Sr...... 9.9 … dnf— Adrian Talley (USC)...... Jr … dnc— Eulace Peacock (Temple)...... Sr Allan Tolmich (Wayne State)...... Sr

- 1 - 220 YARDS 1. Ben Johnson (Columbia)...... Jr...... 21.3st 2. Jack Weiershauser (Stanford)...... Sr...... 21.3 3. Lee Orr' (Washington State)...... So...... 21.3 4. Curt Ledford (Washington State)...... So...... 21.4 5. Fred Elliott (Indiana)...... So...... c21.4 6. Carl Mueller (Michigan State)...... Sr...... c21.5 … also made final— Robert Collier (Indiana)...... Sr Bob Packard (Georgia)...... Sr Bob Lewis (Ohio State)...... So

440 YARDS 1. Loren Benke (Washington State)...... Sr...... 47.1 2. Ray Malott (Stanford)...... Jr...... 47.1 3. Harley Howells (Ohio State)...... So...... 47.6 4. Charles Belcher (Georgia Tech)...... So...... 47.7 5. Richard Gill (Boston College)...... Jr...... 47.8 6. Bill McCurdy (Stanford)...... Sr...... 47.9 … also made final— George Halcrow (Chicago)...... Jr Malcolm Hicks (Indiana)...... Jr Harry Nettleton (Washington State)...... Sr 880 YARDS 1. (Pitt)...... So...... 1:50.3 (MR) 2. Ross Bush (USC)...... Sr...... 1:50.7 3. (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 1:50.8 4. Vic Palmason (Washington)...... Sr...... 1:50.9 5. Dick Squire (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 1:51.1 6. Lee BeDillon (Pittsburg State)...... So...... 1:51.9 … also made final— Calvin Bell (Rice)...... So Lloyd Eberhart (Kansas State)...... Sr Dave Rogan (Kentucky)...... Jr Mel Trutt (Indiana)...... Jr

- 2 - MILE 1. Chuck Fenske (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 4:13.9 2. Jim Smith (Indiana)...... Jr...... 4:14.8 3. Mell Trutt (Indiana)...... Jr...... 4:15.2 4. Greg Rice (Notre Dame)...... So...... 4:15.4 5. David Rogan (Kentucky)...... Jr...... 4:16.0 6. Bob Alexander (Stanford)...... So-Jr...... 4:16.1 (photo evidence suggests times for 3-5 were more like 4:15.6, 4:18 & 4:19) 2 MILES 1. Greg Rice (Notre Dame)...... So...... 9:14.2 (MR) 2. William Feiler (Drake)...... So...... 9:15.2 3. Richard Frey (Michigan State)...... So...... 9:16.0 4. (Indiana)...... Jr...... 9:16.3 5. Fred Padgett (Drake)...... Jr...... 9:18.4 6. Les Voorhees (Cal)...... Jr-Sr...... 9:18.9 120 HURDLES 1. Spec Towns (Georgia)...... Sr...... 14.3 2. (USC)...... Sr...... 14.4 3. Allan Tolmich (Wayne State)...... Sr...... 14.4 (awards presented as Tolmich/Staley before film review) 4. Bob Osgood (Michigan)...... Sr...... 14.6 5. Vern Sumner (Emporia State)...... Jr...... 14.7 (Osgood/Sumner also reversed by film) 6. Jack Patterson (Rice)...... Jr...... 14.7 … also made final— Dick Kearns (Colorado)...... Jr Fritz Pollard (North Dakota)...... So

- 3 - 220 HURDLES 1. Earl Vickery (USC)...... So...... 23.3 2. Jack Weiershauser (Stanford)...... Sr...... 23.3 3. Vern Sumner (Emporia State)...... Jr...... 23.5 4. Bob Leman (Purdue)...... So...... 23.6 5. Tom Berkeley (UCLA)...... So-Jr...... 23.7 6. Ben Willis (Kentucky)...... Sr...... 23.7 … fell— Alan Tolmich (Wayne State)...... Sr … also made final— Loren Benke (Washington State)...... Sr ? Mason (Michigan)...... So-Jr-Sr =1. (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 6-6¼ =1. Gil Cruter (Colorado)...... Jr...... 6-6¼ 3. (USC)...... Jr...... 6-6¼ 4. Mel Walker (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 6-4¼ 5. Ed Burke (Marquette)...... So...... 6-¼ 6. Jack Vickery (Texas)...... Sr...... 6-¼ (1.99, 1.93, 1.835) POLE VAULT 1. (USC)...... Sr...... 14-8¾ (MR) 2. George Varoff (Oregon)...... So...... 14-4¾ 3. (USC)...... Sr...... 14-4¾ 4. Irving Howe (USC)...... So...... 13-10 5. Albert Haller (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 13-6 6. David Weichert (Rice)...... Jr...... 13-6 (4.49, 4.39, 4.22, 4.11)

- 4 - LONG JUMP 1. Kermit King (Pittsburg State)...... Sr...... 25-3¼ 2. Arnold Nutting (Cal)...... Jr...... 25-3 3. Eulace Peacock (Temple)...... Sr...... 24-11¾ 4. Bob Hubbard (Minnesota)...... So-Jr...... 24-9 5. George Boone (USC)...... Jr...... 24-8¾ 6. Guy Manuel (Cal)...... So...... 24-5 … first-day marks of other 4 finalists— [7] Clark Crane (USC)...... Sr...... 24-1¼ [8] Donald Skinner (USC)...... Jr...... 23-11¼ [9] Lloyd Cardwell (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 23-11 [10] Richard Brunton (Illinois)...... Jr...... 23-9 (7.70, 7.69, 7.61, 7.54, 7.53, 7.44, 7.34, 7.29, 7.29, 7.24) SHOT 1. Sam Francis (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 53-5 2. Dmitri Zaitz (Boston College)...... Sr...... 52-2 3. Jim Reynolds (Stanford)...... Sr...... 51-9 4. Bill Watson (Michigan)...... So...... 51-1¾ 5. Dan Taylor (Columbia)...... So...... 50-5¼ 6. Francis Ryan (Columbia)...... So...... 49-11 7. Frank Hart (Louisiana College)...... Sr...... 49-4 8. Owen Hansen (USC)...... Sr...... 49-2 (16.28, 15.90, 15.77, 15.59, 15.37, 15.21, 15.03, 14.98) DISCUS 1. Pete Zagar (Stanford)...... So...... 156-3 2. Hugh Gribbin (Stanford)...... So-Jr...... 155-3 3. Charles Socolofsky (Kansas State)...... Jr...... 152-1 4. Phil Gaspar (USC)...... So...... 149-10 5. Don Johnson (Idaho)...... Jr...... 148-6 6. Bill Faymonville (Notre Dame)...... So...... 148-5 … first-day marks of other 4 finalists— [7] Dean Frary (Illinois)...... Jr...... 145-10 [8] John Townsend (Michigan)...... Jr...... 145-4 [9] Dutch Holland (Oregon)...... So...... 144-0 [10] Paul Fanning (Kansas State)...... Sr...... 143-11 (47.62, 47.32, 46.34, 45.66, 45.26, 45.22, 44.45, 44.30, 43.89, 43.86)

- 5 - JAVELIN 1. Lowell Todd (San José State)...... Jr...... 214-9 2. Bill Reitz (UCLA)...... Sr...... 208-1 3. Don Johnson (Idaho)...... Jr...... 207-11 4. John Guckeyson (Maryland)...... Sr...... 207-6 5. Charles Soper (USC)...... Jr...... 202-7 6. John Karakash (Duke)...... Sr...... 198-8 … first-day places of the other 4 finalists— [4] Doc O’Neill (SMU)...... So...... 196-2 [6] Jess Miller (Washington)...... Sr...... 194-8 [7] Larry Bell (Miami/Ohio)...... Jr...... 193-9 [9] Robert Pettigrew (Ohio State)...... Jr-Sr...... 192-2 (65.46, 63.42, 63.38, 63.24, 61.74, 60.55, 59.79, 59.33, 59.06, 58.57)

- 6 -